Convert scalar variable to array containing variable in javascript - javascript

How would one convert 5 to [5] in JavaScript?
I have a method that uses jQuery's $.inArray and I would like it to work if someone just passes in a scalar variable by converting to an array with one entry, which would be the scalar.

If I understand you correctly, you want something like this:
function myFunction(scalarValue) {
if (typeof scalarValue != "object") {
scalarValue = [scalarValue];
}
console.log(scalarValue); // Now an array
}
Edit
If you know it's a scalar value (that it hasn't already been turned into an array) you can just do this:
var scalarArray = [scalarValue];

If you wanted a jquery answer then you can use this:
jQuery.makeArray( 5 )

scalarValue = scalarValue instanceof Array ? scalarValue : [scalarValue]

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Find Values in Object Array from a List

I have an object array that looks like this:
UserForm
{
name:"Tom",
occupation:"Programmer",
hobbies:" ",
foodAllergy:"fish",
favoriteColor:"blue"
}
And an ValidateFieldsArray that looks like this:
["hobbies", "foodAllergy", "name"]
I need to validate that there are strings filled in from the ValidateFieldsArray in the UserForm object array. It would return false because hobbies is empty.
Currently I'm using a For loop to traverse through the validateFieldsArray and it works fine. I'm wondering if there is a better solution. I also trim the string.
I can't use lodash because I'm comparing the key not the value. I want to do something like this and add additional checks like string.trim() !=="":
_.result(_.find(UserForm, { key in ValidateFieldsArray}), value);
Using Array.every seems more appropriate to check every key in an array
var isValid = ValidateFieldsArray.every( v => UserForm[v] && UserForm[v].trim().length);
let isValid = validateFieldsArray.reduce((obj, k) => {
return (obj && obj[k].trim()) ? obj : false;
}, UserForm);
Returns the UserForm object if valid otherwise returns boolean false. Object must have a string that has more than just whitespace. If you replace let with var and the arrow function then the code is valid ES 5 and works back to IE 9.

Javascript : Checking if two dimensional array contains element in first dimension

Is there any way to check a two dimensional array's first dimension value existence, so for example
var groups = [][10];
// so now if "Student" exists in the first dimension I want to increment the second dimension
//if student is already added, increment it
groups["Student"] = groups["Students"] + 1;
// else
groups.push(["Student",0]);
You can do:
if (typeof groups["Student"] != 'undefined') {
groups["Student"] += 1;
}
else {
groups["Student"] = 0;
}
The example you provide seems to be wrong.
Firstly of all a 2D array will be instantiated something like:
var items = [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]];
alert(items[0][0]); // 1
See: How can I create a two dimensional array in JavaScript?
Secondly, you cannot access an array by using keys. You are just creating properties in your array object. So:
groups['Student'] === groups.Student // true
If you go for this approach then, you must consider the following:
groups['Student'] = undefined; // Your dimension is created
groups.hasOwnProperty('Student'); // true
typeof groups['Student'] == 'undefined' // true
It may be a good idea to consider using only arrays, or just work with objects.

How to find if value of an array is not defined?

If we have an array that does not exists and we check the value of the array it gives me an error. "variable is not defined"
for example I have:
var arr = new Array();
arr['house']['rooms'] = 2;
and I use
if ( typeof arr['plane']['room'] != 'undefined' ) )
it says arr['plane'] not defined...
I don't want to use this:
if ( typeof arr['plane'] != 'undefined' ) ) {
if ( typeof arr['plane']['room'] != 'undefined' ) {
}
}
In php I use isset that works nice for me, I searched a lot on google to find the answer but I can't...
The thing to realize is that there are no multi-dimensional arrays in javascript. It is easy to make an array element contain an array, and work with that, but then all references you make have to use that consideration.
So, you can do
arr = []; // or more appropriately {}, but I'll get to that soon
arr['house'] = [];
arr['house']['rooms'] = 2;
But doing
arr['house']['rooms'] = 2;
should give you an error unless you've already defined arr and arr['house'].
If you've defined arr but not arr['house'], it's valid syntax to reference arr['house'] - but the return value will (appropriately) be undefined.
And this is where you're at when you're looking at arr['plane']['room']. arr is defined, so that's ok, but arr['plane'] returns undefined, and referencing undefined.['room'] throws an error.
If you want to avoid the errors and have multiple levels of reference, you're going to have to make sure that all the levels but the lowest exist.
You're stuck with if (arr && arr['plane'] && arr['plane']['room']).
Or perhaps if (arr && arr['plane'] && room in arr['plane'] would be more accurate, depending on your needs. The first will check if arr['plane']['room'] has a truthy value, while the second will check if arr['plane']['room'] exists at all (and could have a falsey value).
Arrays vs objects
Arrays and objects are very similar and can both be accessed with [] notation, so it's slightly confusing, but technically, you're using the object aspect of the array for what you're doing. Remember, all arrays (and everything other than primitives - numbers, strings and booleans) are objects, so arrays can do everything objects can do, plus more. But arrays only work with numeric indices, i.e. arr[1][2]. When you reference an array with a string, you're attempting to access the member of the underlying object that matches that string.
But still in this case, it doesn't matter. There are no multi-dimensional arrays - or objects.
The [] notation with objects is simply a way to check for members of objects using a variable. arr['plane']['rooms'] is actually equivalent to arr.plane.rooms. but perhaps the arr.plane.room notation will help make it more clear why you have to first check arr.plane (and arr).
Use the following if you want to test for existence in an object:
if ( 'plane' in arr && 'room' in arr.plane ) {
// Do something
}
That's not an array, but an object, aka associative array. You can declare it like this:
var aarr = { house: { rooms: 2 } };
Now you can do:
if (aarr.house && aarr.house.rooms) {/* do stuff */ }
or uglier, but shorter:
if ((aarr.house || {}).rooms) {/* do stuff */ }
See also...
To more generally traverse an object to find a path in it you could use:
Object.tryPath = function(obj,path) {
path = path.split(/[.,]/);
while (path.length && obj) {
obj = obj[path.shift()];
}
return obj || null;
};
Object.tryPath(aarr,'house.rooms'); //=> 2
Object.tryPath(aarr,'house.cellar.cupboard.shelf3'); //=> null
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How do you access an object within an object from an argument in Javascript? [duplicate]

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Accessing nested JavaScript objects with string key
I have the function
function _get(name) {
return plugin._optionsObj[name] !== undefined ?
plugin._optionsObj[name] : plugin._defaults[name];
}
I would like to be able to have objects inside of my _defaults object, but then I don't know how to retrieve them but using just one set of square brackets.
i.e.
plugin._defaults = {
val1: 1,
val2: 2,
obj1: {
someVal: 3
}
}
Is it possible to access 'someVal' from the function I have above? I tried passing 'obj1.someVal' for the argument and it didn't work. Ideas?
Edit: I have found a solution and I posted it below as an answer. I've written a very nice little function to do go through the nested values with a string and I didn't have to change my function much to implement it. I hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.
I suspect that you won't always have a one-level nested object to access, so the cleaner way to do this is to use a function that traverses an object based on a string path. Here's one that is coded as a mixin for Underscore. You can then just use it like so:
_.deep(plugin._defaults, 'obj1.someVal');
This thread also has some non-Underscore alternatives.
Pass multiple arguments, and iterate over the arguments object.
function _get(/* name1, name2, namen */) {
var item = plugin._optionsObj,
defItem = plugin._defaults;
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
item = item[arguments[i]];
defItem = defItem[arguments[i]];
if (item == null || defItem == null)
break;
}
return item == null ? defItem : item;
}
var opt = _get("obj1", "someVal")
I found a solution for this problem, at least one that will accommodate myself, and I'd like to share it in case it can help someone else with this problem. My biggest difficulty is that I did not know the depth of the nested value so I wanted to find a solution that would work for deeply nested objects and without requiring to redesign anything.
/* Retrieve the nested object value by using a string.
The string should be formatted by separating the properties with a period.
#param obj object to pass to the function
propertyStr string containing properties separated by periods
#return nested object value. Note: may also return an object */
function _nestedObjVal(obj, propertyStr) {
var properties = propertyStr.split('.');
if (properties.length > 1) {
var otherProperties = propertyStr.slice(properties[0].length+1); //separate the other properties
return _nestedObjVal(obj[properties[0]], otherProperties); //continue until there are no more periods in the string
} else {
return obj[propertyStr];
}
}
function _get(name) {
if (name.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
//name contains nested object
var userDefined = _nestedObjVal(plugin._optionsObj, name);
return userDefined !== undefined ? userDefined : _nestedObjVal(plugin._defaults, name);
} else {
return plugin._optionsObj[name] !== undefined ?
plugin._optionsObj[name] : plugin._defaults[name];
}
}
To retrieve objects inside of your _defaults object you'll need to improve your _get function.
For example you may pass an array of strings (each string representing a propery name) to _get to allow access to deeply nested objects.

Count number of object in another object , javascript-json

There seems to have many question asked similar on counting number of element already but I am failing to implement them with mine problem.
After jquery ajax I get JSON data returned which looks something like this
Object {0: Object, 1: Object , xxxx:"asdf" ,yyyy:"asdf", zzzz:"asdf"}
I want to get number of object between this { } braces ( not counting those xxx,yyy element )
I tried .length which doesn't work
I also tried using this Length of a JavaScript object but that return the number of element in each object. I just want the number of object
Thank You
Try this:
var json = { 0: {}, 1: {}, xxxx: "asdf", yyyy: "asdf", zzzz: "asdf" };
function typeOf( obj ) {
return ({}).toString.call( obj )
.match(/\s([a-zA-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase();
}
var total = 0;
for ( var o in json ) {
if ( typeOf( json[o] ) == 'object' ) {
total++;
}
}
console.log( total ); //=> 2
Everything is an object in JavaScript. The typeof operator is misleading and won't work in this case. You can use the typeOf function above that I extracted from this blog post: Fixing the JavaScript typeof operator (worth reading). There are other ways of doing it but this seems like the most straightforward.
If it's not just a coincidence that the objects are the ones with numeric property names, and the numeric properties count up sequentially, you could do something like this:
var obj = { /* your object here */ }
for (var i=0; i in obj; i++) {
// use obj[i] for something
}
// i is now equal to the number of numeric properties
This works because as soon as i is high enough that you've run out of properties the in operator will return false. Feel free to use .hasOwnProperty() instead if you prefer.
Obviously this is a specialised solution that doesn't test the type of the different properties at all. (To actually test the type see elclanrs' solution - and either way read the page he linked to.)
Say that the entire json is in a variable called json:
var total_objects = 0;
$.each(json, function () {
if (typeof this == 'object') {
total_objects++;
}
});
However, I am curious as to why you would need to know this.
You can use a customized version from the code of this question Length of Javascript Object (ie. Associative Array) and check for element's type using typeof operator and count only those which are an object (or an array).
Object.sizeObj = function(obj) {
var size = 0, key;
for (key in obj) {
if (typeof key[obj] === 'object' && obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) size++;
}
return size;
};
// Get the count of those elements which are an object
var objectsCount = Object.sizeObj(myArray);

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